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-IE AMERICAN ALLIANCE 

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INSTITUTE OF FREEDOM 

A. F. 

(Allies of Freedom) 

"Watch, Work and Win." 



OFFICERS; President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer and 
Board of Commissioners. 

A movement of the great mass of the people to most intelligently 
and efficiently support the government and assist our allies, using deduc- 
tive, standardized, reconstructive programs of action. 

A movement to promote the right and oppose the wrong. 

A movement of the people to resist and exterminate the German 
propaganda, a culture of intellectual, moral and spiritual darkness for 
committing even- form of evil that can come within the compass of 
human mind, blasphemously claiming to do so in the name of God and 
leading its victims into a slavery- of intellect, spirit and will more appall- 
ing than slavery of the body. A movement to drive out that propaganda 
and to put in its place American ideals, the principles of true freedom 
and human brotherhood, according to the justice, mercy and faith-keeping, 
the Golden Rule and active good will as taught in the Kingdom of God. 




"Liberty Enlightening the World.'' 

HUMANITY, DEMOCRACY AND BROTHERHOOD ORGANIZED. 

EFFICIENT AND SAFE. 

THE PEOPLE AT WORK SUPPORTING THE SACRIFICIAL WORK 

OF THE MEN IN THE ARMY AND NAVY. 

"That we here highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in 
vain ; that the nation under God shall have a new birth of Freedom 
and that government of the people, by the people and for the people, 
shall not perish from the face of the earth". 

Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address. 

"Alexander the great, Caesar, Charlemange and myself founded 
empires. But on what did we rest the creation of our genius? Upon 
sheer force. Jesus Christ alone founded His empire upon love; and at 
this hour millions of men will die for Him." 

Napoleon Bonaparte. 

THE AMERICAN ALLIANCE AND INSTITUTE WORLD OF FREEDOM, 

HOME OFFICE: WALLINGFORD, CONN., U. S. A. 



CAUSE AND EFFECT. .' 1 

The problem of an efficient democracy is quite a different proposition from an 
efficient autocracy. From the nature of the question such ideals can never be fully 
realized until the people make them real by intelligent, co-operative action. 

It is as President Wilson says, "We must all speak and work together". "The 
whole nation must become a team in which each man will play the part for which 
he is best fitted". 

The movement of the American Alliance looks like a big undertaking but we 
must have a program large enough for the job and* based upon the facts of the 
situation. 

Mr. J. R. Rathom of the "Providence Journal", tells us in "The World's Work" 
that the German propaganda has been pushed in this country for over thirty years. 

The German propaganda is more dangerous than the German army and navy. 
In it we find a systematic corruption and betrayal of all that is good in other nations. 
It is the spirit of Judas betraying its victims. It has already won more victories 
than German arms. Our nation and the world must guard against its insiduous 
work and such ideals must be exterminated and the ideals of true freedom put in 
their place. To do this will require the watchfulness and the work of the whole 
people. 

By the use of standardized programs the work in any community will form a 
part of the national and world movement. 

The programs are designed to be deductive based upon the logic of the situation, 
arising from the facts of the case. 

They are also reconstructive, for a war for human rights is based upon exactly 
the same principles as a lasting peace. 

Nor can this phase of the question be left until the war is over. The whole 
struggle is one of moral and spiritual values. It is not only a war of autocracy 
against democracy but it is the organized attack of every form of evil against every 
form of good, for which modern civilization should stand. Every known right 
of the child, woman and common man is putting up a world-wide struggle for 
existence. 

Because of this, armies and navies cannot win the war alone. 

War itself is the result of the German program of corruption. 

The Institute, the American alliance and all departments will resist and attack 
the cause and at the same time will give the people an efficient method for pro- 
moting all good causes. 

(In order to secure general uniformity copyright 1918, James A. Solandt.) 

Newspapers and magaz'nes may print for publicity. Work may begin in any 
community. 

THE INSTITUTE OF WORLD FREEDOM AND THE AMERICAN 

ALLIANCE. 

A. F. 

(Slogan) "WATCH, WORK AND WIN." 

HOME OFFICE AND ORGANIZATION. 

To secure the statement of the principles and collect the facts regarding true 
liberty and freedom and to give them to the citizens in practical working programs 
in the community, state, nation and throughout the world. 

To resist and destroy the German propaganda and other evilsi and co-operate with 
all forces working for the betterment of humanity. 

To publish "Freedom", an official periodical, if required. 

Departments will be added to the institute as required. Administration, Exten- 
sion Work, Research, Publicity, Educational, Financial, etc. 

Officers; President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer and Board of Com- 
missioners. Titles of officers may be changed. 

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PROGRAM I. 
THE AMERICAN ALLIANCE FOR SERVICE AND FREEDOM. 

An intelligent, organized and active citizenship is the greatest need of our times. 
An efficient community, where the people dwell' is the basis of an efficient democracy. 

An Alliance with public forum in every community. 

Commissioner or manager form of organization with commissioners for national, 
state, community and international problems. 

Membership composed of women as well as men; student, recruiting, subscribing, 
sustaining and foundation members. 

Meetings should be held once( per week during the war. Co-operating with meet- 
ings of The Council of Defense, Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. and all work of the 
government stirring up the people to attend. 

If possible, each meeting should stand for something done. 

Besides co-operating with the government and resisting the German propaganda, 
the community^ Alliance will be a clearing house for all public problems, a training 
school in practical democracy. 

The Public Libraries will be assisted in securing a carefully selected set of 
books and periodicals on American Ideals and true Freedom. 

All Educational Institutions to have definite courses of instruction in the great 
fundamental principles of human rights and Freedom as related to the practical 
problems of life. 

The Alliance will also bring the same to the homes of the people. 

The Alliance will ask the people to give more time to the study and the support 
of the principles for which our nation stands and for all that is worth while in modern 
civilization. In order that our dead shall not have died in vain. 

The Alliance will Stand for Church attendance and for the ideals of the American 
Sabbath, as a day for the Church and the Home as against the ideals of the day as 
"Made in German}". 

MEMBERSHIP, men, women and children willing to study and work for the 
principles that are the only secure foundation of equal and lasting world Freedom. 



PROGRAM II. INTERNATIONAL. 

The Kingdom of God is the Kingdom of equal rights for children, women and 
common men, for all men are common before Him, its scope includes everything in 
this universe excepting the will that 'through wilfulness or ignorance says "No" to 
the will of God. 

In the last century man made great advances by discovering and obeying the 
laws of God in the use of forces and material things, through invention man became 
co-worker with God. In this century we are; learning through the terrible logic of the 
world war, that there is no other way for the world program but the brotherhood 
of men and nations in keeping with the Truths of facts and God that makes all free. 

For democracy it means as Lincoln expressed it, "That we want to be sure that 
we are on the side of the Lord", for as some one else has said, "One with God 
is a majority". 

We are living in the days of judgment, when the forces of all forms of evil 
have gone forth to conquer and destroy all that is good in the progress of the 
world. The very nature of the universe, or as it is stated in the preamble of the 
Declaration of Independence "The Laws of Nature and Nature's God", is on the 
side of right and the right will win. 

The American Alliance to be extended all over the Continent of America under 
the same name. 

Frequently in the great events of history the facts brought about by men of 
action, "The doers", run ahead of the theorists. Some say we must have a League 
of Nations to enforce peace, that is just where events of the world are now, 
One nation runs "amuck" and the Allies are trying to enforce peace! 

Likewise in international affairs some ask will it work? The facts already show 
that it will. In the United States we have forty-eight different states, like nations, 
extending from ocean to ocean settling their differences without recourse to arms. 
Or, as between different nations, the boundry line between the United States and 
Canada, the longest in the world, is kept and guarded by these same principles of 
Justice, Mercy and Faith applied in a common sensed way to the problems of inter- 
national relations. 



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It might be interesting to note here, that the name Domimuu w* ^~ ._ _ 

from the verse in the Bible which says that "His Dominion shall be from sea to sea", 
this shows that such principles will work, for the}' do work. The logic of the events 
of the world tragedy shows that every other program has failed. After all, these 
truths are the things that make true freedom and are common sense for common men. 
They have been thrown away by the program of Prussianized-Germany and are 
uniting the Allies and their peoples, sealed by the blood of heroes as our' men "pay 
the last great tribute of devotion" in the battlefields of Europe. 

The principles will unite nations on the basis of common rights of common 
humanity and when the proper time comes, war itself will die a natural death because 
there will be no need of it. The commercial boycott will probably be the weapon 
that will bring any rebellious nation to terms of lasting peace and Freedom. 
"Ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall make you Free". 

The Golden Rule must become the basis of international law and relations. 

PROGRAM III. THE CHURCHES IN THE ALLIANCE. 

In all the history of civilization no churches can be found that owe so much to 
their government as the churches of the United States. 

Our Government is now putting forth its life struggle to protect the churches 
and the ideals of human rights taught by them. 

Years ago when Alex DeTocqueville visited this country he said "All sects differ 
in respect to the worship which is due from man to the Creator, but all agree in 
respect to the duties which are due from man to man". 

This war is between So-called Christian nations who read the same Bible, pray 
to the same God and both sidesV claim to be fighting for Freedom. 

The world struggle has now become so great that the numbers of men and the 
expenditure is beyond the grasp of human mind. It is a struggle much more than 
autocracy against democracy. The German propaganda includes every evil than can 
come to the mind of man and every principle of human rights that the American 
churches stand for is now attacked, our government, soldiers and sailors are going 
forth to die with the allies in defense of these principles. 

The whole contest is one of moral and spiritual values and for that reason 
cannot be won by armies and navies alone, as a matter of fact, the German propaganda 
has won far more victories than their army and navy. 

Can the Church in America remain quiescent while this flood of falsehood, intrigue, 
injustice, cruelty, faithlessness is corrupting our own nation and flooding the whole 
earth f 

The only cure for injustice is justice, for cruelty is mercy; for faith-breaking is 
faith-keeping ; for the rule of force is the Golden Rule. 

Will Good-Will fight? In the protecting of children, women and the rights of 
common humanity it can do nothing else than fight and remain good will. Nor is 
there any middle ground left for neutrals or pacifists. 

We do not forget all that the church is doing for relief work, in addition to this 
she must give to the darkened world the Light of Life. 

Has Christianity Failed? Christianity "Made in Germany" has failed and the 
iwo types of Christianity have already been judged in their treatme t of children 
and women in Belgium, Armenia, Poland an other countries. 

I. Prayer to Almighty God for the Success ofitrue Freedom. 

II. Freedom Week, Freedom meetings to be held in neighborhood homes. . 

III. Freedom Sunday, everybody at church in the community, address on Free- 
dom and Freedom music. 

IV. Church attendance during the war at least once a Sunday, a complete 
canvass of the community and every person have a church home. Sermons on the 
great fundamentals of Freedom. 

In this way the churches can greatly assist true Freedom and by meeting and 
destroying the greatest weapon of the enemy, will hasten the end of the struggle 
and make impossible another world war. 



From April first I will hold myself at the call of the communities and churches. 

James A. Solandt. 
THE AMERICAN ALLIANCE AND INSTITUTE OF WORLD FREEDOM. 
HOME OFFICE, Wallin^ford, Conn., U. S. A. Send for Information. 

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